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Beatrice Fox Auerbach House

January 19, 2013 by Steve

Foxy Lady Beatrice Fox Auerbach House, Hartford September 13, 2012 All Things Auer Farm My page about City Steam Brewery, which is in a beautiful part of the old G. Fox Department store Many people write blogs as a means of getting free crap. Mommy bloggers (apparently) love free yogurt and laundry … [Read more...]

Site of World’s First Pay Phone

January 13, 2013 by Steve 7 Comments

I'm Writing This on my Phone Site of First Pay Phone in US, Hartford Southeast Corner of Main and State Streets I'm at a payphone trying to call home All of my change I spent on you Where have the times gone Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made for two? Really Maroon 5? You're at a pay phone? In … [Read more...]

City Steam Brewery Cafe

January 11, 2013 by Steve

I Could Go For A Steam City Steam Brewery Café, Hartford Several Visits over the years City Steam closed in March 2024. [*What follows is a somewhat long, but fascinating (to me) history of the building and all things steam in downtown Hartford. So here’s the elevator conversation about City steam: Really cool … [Read more...]

Arethusa Farm Dairy

January 10, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Haute Culture Arethusa Farm Dairy, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Stop. Read that title again. I have a ton of clever title puns on this site and every once in a while I like to give myself a little pat on the back. This is one of those times. I have three separate Arethusa pages - one for the farm itself, one … [Read more...]

Arethusa Dairy Store

January 9, 2013 by Steve 1 Comment

Are Thu Seriousa? Ice Cream and Milk at Arethusa Farm Dairy, Bantam July 21, 2012 Since we are we, and we are CTMQ, and by we I mean me with my compliant family, we visited the almost eerily clean Arethusa Farm about 5 miles away before coming here, to the retail store, to enjoy the end products. If you … [Read more...]

Arethusa Farm

January 9, 2013 by Steve 4 Comments

Arethusa AreShoesa Arethusa Farm, Litchfield July 21, 2012 Skip to the Arethusa Milk and Homemade Ice Cream page Skip to the Arethusa Cheese page along the CT Cheese Trail Connecticut. After six years of writing this, the pre-eminent website about all the things to do in this little state, I still find … [Read more...]

Pequot Museum Observation Tower

January 5, 2013 by Steve 2 Comments

Mashuntucket Pequot Museum Observation Tower Ledyard Elevator-facilitated Tower (185 feet) I have good news* for the cost-conscious among you CTMQ Tower List completists: This one is actually free! I never knew that until I visited the (decidedly not free) museum. So yes, you can drive out to the … [Read more...]

Quaker Diner

January 3, 2013 by Steve Leave a Comment

Quaking With Anticipation Quaker Diner, West Hartford September 2012 I've started a tradition with Damian wherein we go to these classic diners on days it's just us at home. In West Hartford, the public schools have both Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana off - which means that our kids have 3 days off in September, the … [Read more...]

2012 Top Comments

December 20, 2012 by Steve 4 Comments

CTMQ Gets Comments Every TV channel, website, magazine and blog does at least one year-end List at the end of the year. I never have before, but in an effort to take my mind off of Newtown without doing much heavy-lifting, I thought I’d put one together. I get a lot of really, really great comments. I’m not … [Read more...]

Newtown

December 17, 2012 by Steve 8 Comments

Like everyone, I have been in a near-constant state of shock and stupor since 26 women and children were murdered in Newtown three days ago. There is so much to say, yet no way to say any of it as well as I'd wish. There is so much to assess and rectify, yet no one knows where, or how, to begin. For me, writing … [Read more...]